Busyness has become an epidemic. But what is the effect? In the lives of the midlife professionals I work with, many feel like they’re on a hamster wheel they can’t get off. There’s a constant underlying feeling of playing catch up. Quality family time suffers, and many are facing relationship breakdown. Yes, we know we can pull […]

In Part One, I looked at how overwhelm shows up and why it’s so prevalent. I hope that if you’ve recognised you’re in overwhelm, too, that you’ll now realise you’re not alone. Far from it! In my experience, one of the challenges with overwhelm is that it feels shameful; no wonder it becomes hidden. […]

I had a shock recently. I realised I was ‘in overwhelm’. What shocked me most, though, was the realisation I’d been ‘in there’ for at least five years. “Wait a minute,” I thought, “I’m a grown-up. I’m nearly 50. I’m a Life Coach, for heaven’s sake. This shouldn’t be happening!” It’s not as though […]

A little while ago I decided to take some time out with the intention of getting back to happiness. I realised that some of the things on my ‘things that make me happy list’ had been neglected. I’d been focusing on so many things at once that I wasn’t able to give them my full attention. Physical […]

My desire is for you to love your work because I know what it’s like not to. There was a time when I loathed Mondays. I spent years thinking that my good pay and relative job security would make up for the fact that I was unhappy at work. It didn’t. In the end all […]